Sixto Rodriguez Quotes

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Sixto Rodriguez

Profession : Musician

Birth : July 10, 1942

You either live under a rock or you walk in the sunshine. That's pretty much how it goes.

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There's no shame in hard work.

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Rock 'n' roll is a crazy world, and it's how things work out you can't predict.

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I live below my means. I think that's a good discipline because you never can tell.

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I was ready for the world. I don't think the world was ready for me.

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I'm not getting old, I'm getting dead.

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There are beautiful songs people write about love and dancing. But it's political issues that should be addressed.

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My family, we're indigenous people from San Luis Potosi in Central Mexico. My father moved to Detroit and brought all of us because the automobile companies were paying great wages.

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I'm not an ascetic.

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I know I did 'Establishment Blues,' and I said 'This is not a song it's an outburst' and I'd play it, I never did describe it as a rant - R-A-N-T - but the thing is it's exactly that. Sometimes it sounds like that, but there's a lot out there on the everyday man, on the plight of the little guy.

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I graduated from Wayne State University, but there's a whole lot you don't learn in school.

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I love my country. It's just the government I don't trust.

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Was 'Crucify Your Mind' dedicated to anybody? No, it was a generalization. 'A Most Disgusting Song' is like that, too.

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It took me 10 years to get a four-year degree, but I graduated.

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I never left music, I just left the music scene.

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The earth is going to survive, it's the people that aren't.

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I was skeptical about the whole idea of my being in a film.

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I've had such an ordinary life.

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I don't like litter and blight.

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I've only written 30 songs or something. Dylan's written over 500 songs. There's no comparison. He's the Shakespeare of rock 'n' roll and popular music.

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